Editing Matthew the Apostle (section)

==Veneration==
Matthew is recognized as a [[saint]] in the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], [[Lutheran]]{{sfn|ELCA|2006|p=57}} and [[Anglican]] churches (see [[St. Matthew's Church (disambiguation)|St. Matthew's Church]]). His tomb is located in the crypt of [[Salerno Cathedral]] in southern Italy.

=== Roman Catholicism ===
The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] celebrates Matthew with a feast on September 21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist |url=https://www.universalis.com/20240921/today.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241127182427/https://www.universalis.com/20240921/today.htm |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=Universalis}}</ref>

=== Lutheranism ===
The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] remembers Matthew with a feast on September 21.<ref>Philip H. Pfatteicher (1980). Festivals and Commemorations: Handbook to the Calendar in Lutheran Book of Worship. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press. ISBN 978-0806617572.</ref> The [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod|Lutheran Church ─ Missouri Synod]] also remembers Matthew with a feast on September 21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feasts and Festivals |url=https://www.lcms.org/worship/church-year/feasts-and-festivals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200414053909/https://www.lcms.org/worship/church-year/feasts-and-festivals |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=[[Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod|LCMS]]}}</ref>

=== Anglicanism ===
The Anglican communion commemorates Matthew with a [[Festival (Anglicanism)|festival]] on September 21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Calendar |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210708191012/https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=[[The Church of England]]}}</ref>

=== Eastern Orthodox ===
Matthew is venerated as a saint in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] with the following feast days.

* June 30 (July 13): Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Synaxis of the Holy, Glorious and All-Praised Twelve Apostles |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/06/30/101711-synaxis-of-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-twelve-apostles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241127164433/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/06/30/101711-synaxis-of-the-holy-glorious-and-all-praised-twelve-apostles |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=[[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]}}</ref>
* November 16 (November 29): Feast Day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apostle and Evangelist Matthew |url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/11/16/103313-apostle-and-evangelist-matthew |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241127164043/https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2024/11/16/103313-apostle-and-evangelist-matthew |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=[[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]}}</ref>

=== In Christian art ===
Like the other [[Four Evangelists|evangelists]], Matthew is often depicted in [[Christian art]] with one of the four living creatures of Revelation 4:7.<ref>{{bibleverse|Revelation|4:7}}</ref> The one that accompanies him is [[Tetramorph|in the form of a winged man]]. The three paintings of Matthew by [[Caravaggio]] in the church of [[San Luigi dei Francesi]] in [[Rome]], where he is depicted as called by Christ from his profession as a tax gatherer, are among the landmarks of [[Western art]].